Professors of prestigious JNU, National Institute of Technology (Kurukshtra), top official of AICTE and some other teachers and officers have been booked by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the conspiracy, educational fraud and abusing their position as public servants.

These teachers and officials have been charged to cheat AICTE in the matter of granting recognition to a Jaipur based Engineering Institute on the basis of false document. A similar kind of case has been registered against a teacher of Delhi University, a teacher of NIT (Kurukshetra), Regional Officer, AICTE, Chandigarh and some other teachers and officers.
CBI has registered cases against them after conducting searches at Jaipur, Kurukshetra, Jallandhar, Chandigarh and Delhi. According to CBI huge cash, assets in form of immovable property and FDRs have been found in the raids.

After the recent raids of CBI at the AICTE’s offices the Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education, Prof. R.A. Yadav has been axed by the HRD Ministery.

Yadav, who is under investigation for a criminal offence, has been placed under suspension today so that there is no possibility of investigation being influenced by his continuation in office, the official source of the Ministry said.